Mehitable (Blish) Jenkins (1711 - 1785)

Born 15 Jun 1711 in Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Wife of Benjamin Jenkins — married 29 Oct 1730 in Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died 15 Feb 1785 at age 73 in Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

Mehitable was born in 1711. She is the daughter of Joseph Blish and Hannah Childs.

She married Benjamin Jenkins, son of Joseph & Lydia (Howland) Jenkins, on 29 Oct 1730 at Barnstable, Barnstable, MA - parents of Ann, Hannah, Lydia, Mehitable, Benjamin II, Southworth, Timothy, Bethia, Sarah & Tabitha

Military

Benjamin Jenkins, born Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay Colony on 30 June 1707, and his wife Mehitable Blush, born 14 June 1711, are honored by the Daughters of the American Revolution for patriotic service.^[1]

Mehitable was born in 1711. She passed away in 1738.

Sources

1. ↑ Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed April 5, 2021), "Record of Benjamin Jenkins", Ancestor # A062029.

• Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915, database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZD1-Q2R : accessed 27 September 2015), Mehittable Blish, 14 Jun 1711; citing Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts, ; FHL microfilm 0001250 V. 2, 0001250 V. 3, 0001251 V. 4, 0001251 V. 5, 0161967 V. 6, 0161968 V. 10, 0161969 V. 12, 0161969 V. 14, 0161971 V. 20, 0161972 V. 23, 0161972 V. 25, 0161973 V. 27, 0161974 V. 31, 0161974 V. 32, 0161975 V. 33, 0191968 V. 11.

• Mehittable Blish, Massachusetts Births and Christenings, Name: Mehittable Blish, Gender: Female, Birth Date: 14 Jun 1711, Birthplace: Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts. Father's Name: Joseph Blish, Mother's Name: Hannah Child

• Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850, Barnstable V1, (Online database: americanancestors.org, New England Historical Genealogical society, 2001 - 2010), accessed 09 July 2016; (pg 171), 2:338.

• Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016). https://www.americanancestors.org/DB190/i/13885/7/24877732

• [2:338] Joseph Blish & Hannah Child Married pr Esqr Lothrop the Last of July [30] 1702
• His Son Joseph Born the 2nd of February 1704
• His Daughter Abigail born the 29th of Novemr 1705
• His Daughter Sarah Born the 1st of Octo 1707
• His Daughter Mehittable born ye 14th of June 1711
• Abraham his Son born Sept 29th 1712
• His Daughter Hannah born June 10: 1715 sd Hannah Died February 8th 1723/4
• Hannah the wife of sd Joseph Blish Deceased Novemr 11:1732 [ae 56th].

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